Testseek.co.uk have collected 1100 expert reviews of the Samsung SM-N950 Galaxy Note 8 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung SM-N950 Galaxy Note 8.
January 2018
(86%)
1100 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(86%)
524 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
So powerful
S Pen enhancements worth having
Camera image stabilisation tech
We like app pairs
Display performance
Plenty of power
Waterproofing
Software refinement
So many clever options and customisations
Camera performance is excellent
S Pen's expanding skills
Gorgeous design
Striking display
Incredibly powerful
S-Pen support
Great camera(s)
Didn't explode
SPen stylus
Highres display
Expandable memory
Notetaking functionality
Excellent size
Lots of the great stylusbased features
Strong performance
Better than average battery life
3G edition allows you to make calls
Excellent performance
Gorgeous screen
Camera quality is superb
Incredible bezel-less display
Superb dual cameras
Refined stylus
S Pen
Great size for onehanded use
Bright
Colourful screen
Powerful multitasking
So much power
Strong camera
Beautiful screen
Brilliant screen
Great dual-lens camera
Feature-packed
'Infinity Display' is excellent
Samsung's best camera x2
Fast with 6GB of RAM
The Galaxy Note 8 tops Samsung's already excellent S8 and S8 Plus with dual cameras and a boatload of stylus tricks. It's the most feature-rich Android phone you can buy
Infinity Display on loistava
Samsung paras kamera kaksinkertaisena
6 gigatavua RAM-muistia
Huge and gorgeous display
Appealing design aesthetic and solid build
BEST stylus experience on a phone
Excellent battery life
Excellent camera
Solid performance
Gorgeous
Big screen
Awesome camera
Power to spare
Eye-catching design
Excellent display
Performance and camera and
Most important of all
It didn't go up in flames. Or
At least
It hasn't yet
Large
Bright screen
Well built
Decent audio
With hi-res support
Great cameras
S Pen functionality is well integrated
Good dual cameras
Daylong battery life
Speedy performance
Handy S Pen features
Waterproof
Great battery
Impressive screen
Water resistant
Great camera
Great stylus
MicroSD card slot
Wireless charging
Lovely design and build quality
Impressive dual camera
Good performance
Plenty of useful features
It's the best camera phone I've used and it's everything a highend phone should be. You can feel where the money's gone
Extremely thin bezel means you get a 6.3in edgetoedge screen
But the phone doesn't feel uncomfortable to use in one hand
The phone lets you open two apps at the same time
Using half the screen per app so you watch a video while composing an email
For
The editors didn't like
How long will the battery life be?
It'll be EXPENSIVE
Fingerprint magnet
Battery life isn't class leading
The price is high
Fingerprint scanner placement needs a rethink
Galaxy S8+ a serious consideration if S Pen doesn't appeal
Bixby
Bixby needs work
Difficult to operate one-handed
The price
Rating
High price tag in context to similar devices
Nonpremium built materials
Bloatwareladen
Plastic build
No 4G option
Display could be better
Expensive compared to similarly specced WiFi devices (Nexus 7
IPad Mini
Asus Padfone 2)
Expensive
Troubling battery life
Painfully expensive
Weaker battery life than S8 Plus
Display not as sharp as some rivals
Average media battery life
SO expensive
Easily-smudged rear
Very expensive
Overly similar to S8 Plus
Small battery
‘Infinitely' expensive
Battery life held back
Weak speaker
An expensive phone
The Note 8 has more features than most people will need. Samsung's portrait mode can be finicky. The poorly placed fingerprint reader repeats the Galaxy S8's worst design flaw
Erittäin kallis
Akunkesto ei ole kummoinen
Heikko kaiutin
Galaxy S9+ a serious consideration if S Pen doesn't appeal
Massive and perhaps somewhat unwieldy
Awkward to hold one-handed
Facial recognition is hit and miss
Do you really need a device this big
That's awkward to operate one-handed? Bixby is also a work-in-progress and
Oh
The price. The eye-watering price
Battery life could be better
Live Focus needs some work
Poor fingerprint sensor placement
Only Android 7.0
No USBPD
Fingerprint scanner placement awkward
Very big for pockets
Location of fingerprint sensor
The fingerprint scanner is hard to reach and the face/iris scanning alternatives are unreliable
The battery life wasn't as long as some other flagship smartphones on the market
Display suffers from fingerprint marks and the screen is hard to see in bright light
Published: 2017-09-06, Author: Chris , review by: pocket-lint.com
Display performance, plenty of power, waterproofing, software refinement, so many clever options and customisations, camera performance is excellent, S Pen's expanding skills
Battery life isn't class leading, the price is high, fingerprint scanner placement needs a rethink, Galaxy S8+ a serious consideration if S Pen doesn't appeal
There's no doubt that the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is one of the best phones of 2017. It takes everything that the Galaxy S8+ offers and pushes it a little further. This is bigger, a touch more powerful, packs in more camera and adds the S Pen, as well as of...
The Galaxy Note 8 tops Samsung's already excellent S8 and S8 Plus with dual cameras and a boatload of stylus tricks. It's the most feature-rich Android phone you can buy
An expensive phone, the Note 8 has more features than most people will need. Samsung's portrait mode can be finicky. The poorly placed fingerprint reader repeats the Galaxy S8's worst design flaw
The Galaxy Note 8 retakes the throne as the ultimate Android phone for now, but some intense competition is just over the horizon...
Eye-catching design, excellent display, performance and camera and, most important of all, it didn't go up in flames. Or, at least, it hasn't yet
Do you really need a device this big, that's awkward to operate one-handed? Bixby is also a work-in-progress and, oh, the price. The eye-watering price
Yes, it's a large smartphone - probably too large for most people's uses, and that criticism extends to the price. However, if you are after a 'phablet' sized smartphone this is probably the very best that your money can buy. The display is genuinely stun...
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Published: 2017-09-06, Author: Andy , review by: wired.co.uk
It's the best camera phone I've used and it's everything a highend phone should be. You can feel where the money's gone
The fingerprint scanner is hard to reach and the face/iris scanning alternatives are unreliable
The dual cameras make the Note 8. Without them, it's a rehashed S8 with a pen. With them it's a photographer's dream. Sure, it's expensive, but if you're spending big on a smartphone – especially an Android one – this is the one. Calmer heads will wait fo...
Bixby needs work, difficult to operate one-handed, the price, Rating:
While it's large size means its audience is limited, those after a phablet-sized smartphone won't find a better device than this. The handset's 6.3in AMOLED Infinity display is stunning, its performance is unmatched and Samsung's improved S Pen - along wi...
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Published: 2017-09-05, Author: Adam , review by: itpro.co.uk
Excellent performance, Gorgeous screen, Camera quality is superb
Expensive, Troubling battery life
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is a truly excellent phone - but unless you really need a stylus, there's little here to elevate over the similarly-superb Galaxy S8...
The Galaxy Note 8 sure is expensive, but the finest things in life don't come cheap. The reality is the price will likely have dropped a good hundred pounds by Christmas, and you'll possibly be looking to buy it on a contract anyway.If you can stomach the...
Good dual cameras, Daylong battery life, Speedy performance, Handy S Pen features, Waterproof
Expensive, Live Focus needs some work, Poor fingerprint sensor placement
Yes, as expensive as it is, it's hard to find faults with the Galaxy Note 8. It's a great phone that succeeds on many fronts, but know that Samsung has played it safe with features. If you're looking for something more exciting, look to Apple and Google...
We've yet to run our full set of benchmarks on the Note 8, but initial impressions are very good. It's capable of great photos, battery life should be stellar and performance excellent.The iPhone 7 Plus has been out for virtually a year, so in some ways i...
Extremely thin bezel means you get a 6.3in edgetoedge screen, but the phone doesn't feel uncomfortable to use in one hand, The phone lets you open two apps at the same time, using half the screen per app so you watch a video while composing an email, for
The battery life wasn't as long as some other flagship smartphones on the market, Display suffers from fingerprint marks and the screen is hard to see in bright light
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is a great smartphone. Easy to use, fast and with a number of great features that are ideal for anyone using their handset for work as well as personal use. We were slightly disappointed with the battery life, though, as it was a...
